This Week in Weather 02/01 - 02/05

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Canadian Inuit dogs pull a sled with a traditional harness on Thursday in Iqaluit. Rob Gillies/AP

A mannequin sits on the hood of a Suffolk County, N.Y. police cruiser on Wednesday. A New York driver faces $135 in traffic fines for using the mannequin as her plus-one in the high-occupancy lane of the Long Island Expressway. A sheriff's deputy on Long Island became suspcious when he saw the 'passenger' in the woman's car wearing sunglasses and a visor on an overcast day. Suffolk County Sheriff/AP

A police vehicle picks up people at a flooded street in Mexico City on Thursday. Torrential rain from several different weather systems have created chaos and brought damage to several Mexican states. Daniel Aguilar/Reuters

A Toyota is seen covered with snow and ice at a parking lot in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Friday. Toyota Motor Corp, already reeling from two massive recalls, faced the possibility of a third when U.S. safety regulators opened a probe on Thursday into a braking problem on the Prius, the world's top-selling hybrid. Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

Workers of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant examine ice emerging from broken water supply pipes on Jan. 30. An accident on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, during repair work at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant, killed 75 workers after an engine room was suddenly flooded, rendering half the plant inactive until repairs can be carried out. Workers are unable to begin repairs until Spring, although the authorities are afraid that the many meters of ice buildup next to the dam may cause lasting damage to the structure. Vitaly Bezrukikh/AP

A robin looks for berries as snow clings to the branches of trees in Fort Washignton, Md., on Feb. 3 after a winter storm left up to six inches of snow in the Washington area. Alex Brandon/AP

A man rows during sunset at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday. Sergio Moraes/Reuters

Handler Ben Hughes holds Punxsutawney Phil after the groundhog emerged from his burrow on Gobblers Knob in Pennsylvania on Feb. 2. Phil predicted six more weeks of winter weather on Groundhog Day 2010. Gene J. Puskar/AP

NBC Weatherman Al Roker reports the weather at the White House in Washington on Feb. 3 following an overnight winter storm. Jason Reed/Reuters

A jogger runs past a sign for Super Bowl XLIV on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday. The Indianapolis Colts will face the New Orleans Saints in their NFL football game on Sunday. Charlie Riedel/AP

The sunrises over the Himalayas seen from Nagarkot, Nepal, on Friday. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

Jim McDonell of Woodbury, Minn., sprints to the finish line of the Swiss Miss Rumble int he Jungle 10K Snowshoe Race on Jan. 30 in Eau Claire, Wis. McDonell is a member of the Braveheart Snowshow Racing team, and wore a costume based on Mel Gibson's character in the film. More than 100 people participated in the race on a cold, sunny day with temperatures barely above zero degrees. Steve Kinderman/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram/AP

During his 37 years as Zimbabwe’s prime minister and president, Robert Mugabe ordered the massacre of thousands of political opponents, ran the country’s economy into the ground, and instilled a culture of political violence and paranoia that will likely long outlast him.